diff --git a/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-nemu.yaml b/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-nemu.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b15904d208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-nemu.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    run: php-apache-kata-nemu
+  name: php-apache-kata-nemu
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      run: php-apache-kata-nemu
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        run: php-apache-kata-nemu
+    spec:
+      runtimeClassName: kata-nemu
+      containers:
+      - image: k8s.gcr.io/hpa-example
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        name: php-apache
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+          protocol: TCP
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 200m
+      restartPolicy: Always
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: php-apache-kata-nemu
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 80
+    protocol: TCP
+    targetPort: 80
+  selector:
+    run: php-apache-kata-nemu
+  sessionAffinity: None
+  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/kata-deploy/k8s-1.13/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml b/kata-deploy/k8s-1.13/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d2ee06503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kata-deploy/k8s-1.13/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+kind: RuntimeClass
+apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1alpha1
+metadata:
+    name: kata-nemu
+handler: kata-nemu
diff --git a/kata-deploy/k8s-1.14/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml b/kata-deploy/k8s-1.14/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41298fe2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kata-deploy/k8s-1.14/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+kind: RuntimeClass
+apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1beta1
+metadata:
+    name: kata-nemu
+handler: kata-nemu
diff --git a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh
index 9987cdf99e..9bdc2c0d5d 100755
--- a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh
+++ b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ function configure_docker() {
     "kata-qemu": {
       "path": "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime",
       "runtimeArgs": [ "--kata-config", "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu.toml" ]
+    },
+    "kata-nemu": {
+      "path": "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime",
+      "runtimeArgs": [ "--kata-config", "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-nemu.toml" ]
     },
      "kata-fc": {
       "path": "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime",
diff --git a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index c159a1eb60..df474c5101 100755
--- a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -62,10 +62,13 @@ function configure_crio() {
 	cp -n "$crio_conf_file" "$crio_conf_file_backup"
 
 	local kata_qemu_path="/opt/kata/bin/kata-qemu"
+	local kata_nemu_path="/opt/kata/bin/kata-nemu"
 	local kata_fc_path="/opt/kata/bin/kata-fc"
 	local kata_qemu_conf="crio.runtime.runtimes.kata-qemu"
+	local kata_nemu_conf="crio.runtime.runtimes.kata-nemu"
 	local kata_fc_conf="crio.runtime.runtimes.kata-fc"
 
+	# add kata-qemu config
 	if grep -q "^\[$kata_qemu_conf\]" $crio_conf_file; then
 		echo "Configuration exists $kata_qemu_conf, overwriting"
 		sed -i "/^\[$kata_qemu_conf\]/,+1s#runtime_path.*#runtime_path = \"${kata_qemu_path}\"#" $crio_conf_file 
@@ -78,6 +81,20 @@ function configure_crio() {
 EOT
 	fi
 
+	# add kata-nemu config
+	if grep -q "^\[$kata_nemu_conf\]" $crio_conf_file; then
+		echo "Configuration exists $kata_nemu_conf, overwriting"
+		sed -i "/^\[$kata_nemu_conf\]/,+1s#runtime_path.*#runtime_path = \"${kata_nemu_path}\"#" $crio_conf_file
+	else
+		cat <<EOT | tee -a "$crio_conf_file"
+
+# Path to the Kata Containers runtime binary that uses the NEMU hypervisor.
+[$kata_nemu_conf]
+  runtime_path = "${kata_nemu_path}"
+EOT
+	fi
+
+	# add kata-fc config
 	if grep -q "^\[$kata_fc_conf\]" $crio_conf_file; then
 		echo "Configuration exists for $kata_fc_conf, overwriting"
 		sed -i "/^\[$kata_fc_conf\]/,+1s#runtime_path.*#runtime_path = \"${kata_fc_path}\"#" $crio_conf_file